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Man sings Adele-inspired ‘Sorry’ to judge, mother and victim
A Michigan man convicted of unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon broke into song at his sentencing. Brian Earl Taylor, 21, sang an apology to a courtroom at his hearing in the style of Adele's Hello. "Hello there, your honor, I...
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Dog found alive five weeks after presumed lost at sea
A puppy who fell overboard from a fishing boat off the California coast last month survived a five-week solo journey across the ocean and a rocky island shoreline and will soon be reunited with her owner. Navy officials found Luna on Tuesday after...
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Dog drives motorcycle
This video of a dog driving a motorcycle in Indonesia has been making the rounds on social media. Its owner said he let his dog drive quite often.
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'Weapon' was actually a Star Wars toy
A New York college that went on lockdown over a report of a gun on campus says the weapon turned out to be a light saber. Students and staff members at Farmingdale State College on Long Island were told to shelter in place while police...
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There's a plane blocking the road!
Traffic in the heart of the French town of Tarbes was blocked for some four hours after a truck carrying an Airbus A320 fuselage got stuck in a corner. Police and transport officials eventually found a way to enable the truck to resume its...
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Bacon sandwich made by Heston Blumenthal launched into space for Tim Peake
Heston Blumenthal has created the world's most expensive bacon sandwich, admitting the fuel alone to send the meal into space for Major Tim Peake cost "a couple of million pounds". The Michelin-starred chef's bacon butty was among seven dishes -...
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Dentist chair among items up for grabs in prison clearout sale
A dentist chair used to fix inmates' teeth is probably the most unusual item up for sale in a clearout of a former jail. The chair is from the healthcare wing of NorthallertonPrison, in North Yorkshire, which is due for demolition. The prison,...
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Tin robot collection fetches £46,000 at auction
An army of almost 1,000 tinplate and plastic robots, flying saucers and rockets has fetched £46,000 in one of the biggest auctions of its kind. Toy specialist auctioneers Vectis from Thornaby, Teesside, sold the collection which had been lovingly...
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Google's driverless cars take lawmakers for a spin
Executives behind Google's driverless car program push US Congress to grant national auto safety regulators new authority to get driverless cars on the roads. Gavino Garay reports.
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Video 'shows man urinating on Kellogg's assembly line'
A criminal investigation is under way after a video surfaced online showing a man urinating on a Kellogg's factory assembly line in the US, the company said. The firm said it learned of the video on Friday and immediately informed law enforcement...
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Untouched bronze age burial site found by metal detector enthusiasts
An untouched Bronze Age burial site is due to be excavated thanks to a "lucky" discovery by a pair of metal detector enthusiasts. Matthew Hepworth and David Kierzek unearthed several rare artefacts in a field in Lancashire, including a chisel and...
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Diet 'not a decisive factor' in extinction of the Neanderthals
When they were not dining on mammoth meat, Neanderthals were munching nuts, berries and roots, research suggests. Around 20% of the ancient humans' diet was vegetarian, analysis of their bones reveals. Scientists looked at a vast array of 40,000...
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Smaller T. Rex predecessor offers evolutionary clues
Fossils unearthed in Uzbekistan show that a smaller, older cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex had already acquired the sophisticated brain and senses that helped make the T. Rex such a horrifying predator. Gavino Garay reports.
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Hiker finds rare ancient gold coin in Israel
A hiker has found a rare, nearly 2,000-year-old gold coin in Israel, the country's antiquities authority said. The ancient coin appears to be only the second of its kind to have been found, the authority said. The British Museum possesses the...
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Broken baby food jar leads to Sweden's first unstaffed grocery store
Parenthood may be hard but those challenges can also lead to new ideas. Ask Robert Ilijason, for whom a broken baby food jar eventually led to the opening of Sweden's first around-the-clock unstaffed convenience store. The store is located in...
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Mother throws kids from window to escape fire
A mother trapped by fire in her second-floor apartment dropped her two-day-old baby and two-year-old toddler from a window to rescuers. The children were uninjured by the fire and the 20ft fall, police in Sydney said. They were apparently caught...
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Holy bat: office closed due to bat droppings
A business watchdog is being ordered to stay away from his Florida office after 10lbs of bat droppings was discovered above his desk. Inspectors found the guano in an area right above the ceiling of Ken Lawson's office in Talahassee. They have...
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Mystery man parachutes off the The Shard
A mystery man has parachuted off The Shard prompting the skyscraper's bosses to launch an investigation. The man, who could be a base jumper, disappeared quickly after his dramatic leap from the 310-metre high building. Pictures and video of the...
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Super-rare whales make big splash in Cape Cod
Cape Cod is seeing a lot more of some big-fish tourists - endangered right whales enticed by the fine dining possibilities of its plankton-rich bay. Experts tracking the majestic marine mammals, among the rarest creatures on Earth - say nearly...
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Breast ban binned
Politicians in New Hampshire have rejected a Bill which would have made it a crime for women to expose their breasts or nipples in public. The Bill - which would have made it a misdemeanour for women to show their breasts with "reckless disregard"...
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